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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R3123-19-4

The member of the departmental council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R4135-19-4

A member of the regional council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund mentioned in Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-9

The public establishment is subject to: 1° The rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies in terms of financial management and accounting; 2° State economic and financial control, in acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-7

I. - Expenses incurred by members of the Board of Directors in the performance of their duties are reimbursed by the institution in accordance with the conditions set out in Decree no. 2006-781 of 3 J…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-8

The measures for applying the provisions of this section, with the exception of articles L. 351-5 to L. 351-6, shall be the subject of an agreement concluded and approved under the conditions defined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe I

…ATION OF COMPANIES I. - Definition of accounting books Under the terms of the articles 59 and 60 du décret n° 85-1389 du 27 décembre 1985, la comptabilité spéciale des administrateurs judiciaires et d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Income and capital gains distributed by a property investment fund

Article 242 ter B

…ress of the beneficiaries and details of the amount taxable under the rules referred to in articles 28 to 33 quinquies. Persons who ensure the payment of income distributed by a real estate investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

…or the various financial instruments.The obligations mentioned in the previous paragraph apply from 28 February 2023.Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall notif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…Article L. 622-7, by the articles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by l'article L. 622-30. The official receiver may authorise the liquidator or the administrat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6123-4

…internationalisation plan, with the convergence plans mentioned inArticle 7 of Law No. 2017-256 of 28 February 2017 on programming for real equality overseas and containing other provisions on social…

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